If you know someone’s name,
 you can try to find his/her street address by using:

Anywho - You must enter the last name, and at least a good guess about the state that the person you are looking for is living in, into fill-in-the-blank fields on-line to use Anywho. If you know the person’s first name, city, and/or zip, you will be able to try searching by using that information as well. If you just search by last name and state, Anywho may find hundreds of people. You will decrease the number of people you find by using more details in your search. You will get a street address and phone number for you. Anywho does not require you to register with them to use its services: it earns money by selling advertising on its site. 

Bigfoot - You must enter the last name of the person you are looking for into a fill-in-the-blank slot on-line to begin a search using Bigfoot. If you also know the person’s first name, and can guess at the state and/or city s/he is currently in, you will be able to try using those details as well. If you just search by last name, Bigfoot may find thousands of people. You will decrease the number of people you find by using more information.Your search will find a street address and a telephone number. Bigfoot does not require you to register with it to use its services: it earns money by selling advertising on its site. If you find the person you were looking for, and you want more detailed information about that person, you will be given a chance to click on "Find out more about XXXXX" which will send you to the for-pay USSEARCH company described above. Switchboard also lets you connect to Classmates, a service which helps you locate people by their high school and which is described below. 

Infospace - The "White Pages" choice at Infospace lets you look for someone by last name. If you also know the person’s first name, and can guess at the state and/or city s/he is currently in, you will be able to try using those details as well. If you just search by last name, Infospace may find thousands of people. You will decrease the number of people you find by using more information. Your search will get a street address and a phone number. Infospace does not require you to register with it to use its services: it earns money by selling its site. You can also connect to USSEARCH described above, or Classmates described below through Infospace. 

Switchboard - You must enter the last name of the person you are looking for into a fill-in-the-blank field on-line to begin a search using Switchboard. If you also know the person’s first name, and can guess at the state and/or city s/he is currently in, you will be able to use that as well. If you just search by last name, Switchboard may find thousands of people. You will decrease the number of people Switchboard finds by using as many more details as you can. Your search will find a street address and phone number. Switchboard does not require you to register with them to use their services: they earn money by selling advertising on their site. Switchboard also lets you connect to Classmates, a service which helps you locate people by their high school and which is described below. 

Whowhere - When you get to Whowhere, click on to the "Advanced Phone Search" option website. You must know the last name of the person you are looking for. If you also know the person’s first name, and can guess at the state and/or city s/he is currently in, you will be able to try using those details as well. If you just search by last name, WhoWhere may find thousands of people. You will decrease the number of people you find by using more information. Your search will get a street address and a phone number. WHoWhere does not require you to register with it to use its services: it earns money by selling advertising on its site. If you click on "Search Public Records" you will go to the for-pay USSEARCH website described above. If you click on "Find Old High School Friends" you’ll be sent to Classmates, a website described below. 

Yahoo - You must enter the last name of the person you are looking for into a fill-in-the-blank slot on-line in order to start a Yahoo search. If you also know the person’s first name, and can guess at the state and/or city s/he is currently in, you will be able to use that as well. If you just search by last name, Yahoo may find thousands of people. You will decrease the number of people Yahoo finds by using as many more details as you can. Your search will get a street address and a telephone number. You can also connect to USSEARCH, described above, from Yahoo. 

If you know someone’s partial address, you can go to:

Infospace - Infospace, in its "White Pages Reverse Lookup" section, lets you find someone by his/her partial address. You do not have to register with Infospace to use its services: it earns money by selling advertising and services on its website.

 Last date reviewed no legal content 8/01(MLAN/DD/MZ)

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